As the curtain rose on the set of “Wicked” in the summer of 2009, I had no idea what to expect. My 14-year-old self sat eagerly awaiting the mysterious magic about to unfold, bouncing on the edge of...

Golf gets a bad reputation in this day and age. The major complaint hurled at the sport is that it’s “the game of old, rich white men.” Many see golf as a game that’s too boring to watch and too...

Trees are blooming. I heard more than one bird outside the Marriott Library the other day. People go out in shorts and T-shirts more and more often. Spring Break has come and gone. About this time every...

To get the nomination for the Democratic party, a candidate needs to obtain at least 2,382 delegates. Currently, a total of 4,753 delegates is available. Seven hundred and twelve of those are "super delegates,"...

Under the Warsaw Pact, Cuba sent rum and sugar to fellow communist countries in exchange for food, oil, machinery and petrochemicals (like pesticides and fertilizers). But when the Iron Curtain fell, assistance...

As American citizens, we typically look to our security or intelligence agencies to protect and serve us. Many of us trust these bureaus and blindly give our allegiance to them because in return, we get...

As humans, we seem to be hardwired to appreciate a good comeback story. In the United States, we find ourselves in the midst of two unlikely, but enthralling, real-time comeback narratives: those of Ted...

Over the last 200 years or so, beginning with the Industrial Revolution, unprecedented technological progress has occurred, which some argue has led to a better quality of life for all people. While we...

Remember walking into the Verizon or Sprint store back in 2007 and wondering which type of flip phone would best reflect your personal style? This was the height of the Razor, LG Ev3 and the Juke, all...